GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |