GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |