GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| 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 |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| scintilla | spark |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |