GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
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| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
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| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| niggle | trifle |
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