GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| duration | continuance in time |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| cursive | running |