GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |