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 |
|---|---|
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| diadem | crown |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| extant | currently or actually existing |