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 |
|---|---|
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |