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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| bog | wet spongy ground |