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
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scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
disputatious | inclined to dispute |