GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| auroral | dawn |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |