GRE Word List

CANNY

clever

The meaning of the word canny is clever.

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voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
implementa device used in the performance of a task : tool
impartialnot partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally
mangeany 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
jaundiceyellowish 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
whittlea large knife
waxa 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
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede