GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| pliant | pliable |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |