GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| replicate | duplicate |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |