GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |