GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| pummel | pound |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |