GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |