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 |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |