GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |