GRE Word List
LEGERDEMAIN
sleight of hand
The meaning of the word legerdemain is sleight of hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |