GRE Word List

SLY

wise in practical affairs

The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.

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WordMeaning
beguilehoodwink
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
billowwave
compunctionanxiety arising from awareness of guilt
gleanto gather grain or other produce left by reapers
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection
abnegationdenial