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 |
|---|---|
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |