GRE Word List
AWRY
off the correct or expected course : amiss
The meaning of the word awry is off the correct or expected course : amiss.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| cryptic | secret |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |