GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| appease | pacify |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |