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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| dingy | dirty |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |