GRE Word List
SLEIGHT
deceitful craftiness
The meaning of the word sleight is deceitful craftiness.
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|---|---|
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
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| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
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| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
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