GRE Word List

LEGERDEMAIN

sleight of hand

The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.

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remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
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surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
ossifyto change into bone
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