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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| executioner | one who executes |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |