GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| occident | west |
| pilfer | steal |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| scotch | scottish |