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 |
|---|---|
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| license | permission to act |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| wreak | bring about |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |