GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| retract | to draw back or in |