GRE Word List

SLY

wise in practical affairs

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

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WordMeaning
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
feeblemindedimpaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
husbandrythe cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture
grudgingunwilling
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle