GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| forebears | ancestor |
| demerit | offense |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| engender | beget |