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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WordMeaning
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
pseudonyma fictitious name
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
ventto provide with a vent
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
judiciarya system of courts of law