GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
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