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 |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |