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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |