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 |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |