GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| appease | pacify |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |