GRE Word List

AMISS

in a mistaken way : wrongly

The meaning of the word amiss is in a mistaken way : wrongly.

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gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
mobilecapable of moving or being moved : movable
amphibianan amphibious organism
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
wreakbring about
disportsport
briman upper or outer margin : verge
amplegenerous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
sharda piece or fragment of a brittle substance