GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| broach | brooch |