GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cohorts | companion |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |