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
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insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
bliss | complete happiness |
liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
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 |
pontifical | episcopal attire |
grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |