GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |