GRE Word List

ASKEW

out of line : at an angle

The meaning of the word askew is out of line : at an angle.

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WordMeaning
briskkeenly alert : lively
meditationa discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
stoutstrong of character: such as
untowarddifficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly
significanthaving meaning
astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)