GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |