GRE Word List

SLEIGHT

deceitful craftiness

The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.

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precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence
tableta flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
indissolublenot dissoluble
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
propulsivetending or having power to propel
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
gushto issue copiously or violently
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle