GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| connoisseur | expert |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |