GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |