GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
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| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
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| unfrock | defrock |