GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |