GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |