GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |