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

WordMeaning
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
gruela thin porridge
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental