GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| scourge | whip |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| rescind | to take away : remove |