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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| score | twenty |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| cemetery | a burial ground |