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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |