GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| query | question |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |