GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| 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 |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| scotch | scottish |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |