GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |