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 |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |