GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |