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 |
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| gyroscope | a 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 |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| wry | twist |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |