GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |