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 |
|---|---|
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| condole | grieve |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |