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 |
|---|---|
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |