GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
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|---|---|
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
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| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
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