GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |