GRE vocabulary
legerdemain
skillful use of one's hands in deception or trickery; sleight of hand
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Legerdemain (noun) means skillful use of one's hands in deception or trickery; sleight of hand
Here is legerdemain used in an example sentence: "Through sheer accounting legerdemain, the firm made its mounting losses appear on paper as healthy profits."
Common synonyms for legerdemain include trickery, sleight, chicanery, artifice.
Antonyms of legerdemain include candor, honesty.
Legerdemain is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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