GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| exhume | disinter |