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 |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |