GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |