GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |