GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| eventual | contingent |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |