GRE Word List
CANNY
clever
The meaning of the word canny is clever.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| reek | smoke |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| juncture | a point of time |
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