GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| exude | to ooze out |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| cipher | zero |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |