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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
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| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| 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 |