GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |