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 |
|---|---|
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |