GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |