GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| rift | fissure |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |