GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |