GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |