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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| giddy | dizzy |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |