GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| din | a loud continued noise |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| imprecation | curse |