GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |