GRE Word List

SLICK

having a smooth surface : slippery

The meaning of the word slick is having a smooth surface : slippery.

Random words

WordMeaning
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
intersticea space that intervenes between things
migratoryof, relating to, or characterized by migration
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time