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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |