GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
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|---|---|
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
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| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
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| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
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| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
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