GRE Word List

LEGERDEMAIN

sleight of hand

The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.

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WordMeaning
censora person who supervises conduct and morals: such as
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
plebiscitea vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
prologuethe preface or introduction to a literary work
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
immunenot susceptible or responsive