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.

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WordMeaning
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
enraptureto fill with delight
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
headlongheadfirst
implicationsomething implied: such as
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions