GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| stilted | pompous |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |