GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| swill | wash |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |