GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congenial | pleasant |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |