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.

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empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
asteroidany of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
purgeto clear of guilt
fortitudestrength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
filialof, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
prudentcharacterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
implyto express indirectly