GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |