GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |