GRE Word List

SLY

wise in practical affairs

The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.

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WordMeaning
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
rusea wily subterfuge
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
pantomimepantomimist
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
commodiouscomfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy