GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| nomenclature | name |
| slapdash | haphazard |