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
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
exchequera department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes
menacea show of intention to inflict harm : threat
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering