GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |