GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| apparent | open to view : visible |