GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| reverberate | reflect |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |