GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| encompass | include |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |