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.

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precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
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espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
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flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo