GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |