GRE Word List
AWRY
distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry.
The meaning of the word awry is distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprehensive | broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive |
| domineer | rule over tyrannically |
| doom | condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V. |
| expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |
| alcove | nook; recess |
| prudent | cautious; careful; prudential |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| assimilate | absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) |
| adore | love deeply and respect highly |
| predetermine | determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly |
