GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| throes | pang |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |