GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beguile | hoodwink |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| billow | wave |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| abnegation | denial |