GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |