GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |