GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |