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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |