GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |