GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chafe | irritate |
| minuscule | very small |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |