GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
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| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
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