GRE Word List
AMISS
in a mistaken way : wrongly
The meaning of the word amiss is in a mistaken way : wrongly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |