GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |