GRE Word List
CANNY
clever
The meaning of the word canny is clever.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| whittle | a large knife |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |