GRE Word List

SLY

wise in practical affairs

The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.

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WordMeaning
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
obnoxiousodiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
interrogateto question formally and systematically
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
tantruma fit of bad temper
mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
advertto turn the mind or attention
vintnera wine merchant