GRE Word List
CUNNING
dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end
The meaning of the word cunning is dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |