GRE Word List
ASKEW
out of line : at an angle
The meaning of the word askew is out of line : at an angle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| significant | having meaning |
| astigmatism | a 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 |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |