GRE Word List

SLEIGHT

deceitful craftiness

The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.

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WordMeaning
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
slakesubside
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
executeto carry out fully : put completely into effect
residualremainder
conservatorya greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
fleecethe coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep)
lucrativeproducing wealth : profitable
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)