GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| defalcate | deduct |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |