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 |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| hap | happening |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| finery | ornament |
| colloquy | conversation |