GRE Word List

CANNY

clever

The meaning of the word canny is clever.

Random words

WordMeaning
arraignto call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
stodgyhaving a rich filling quality : heavy