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 |
|---|---|
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |