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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WordMeaning
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
compriseto be made up of
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
relegateto send into exile : banish
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will