GRE Word List

CHARY

discreetly cautious: such as

The meaning of the word chary is discreetly cautious: such as.

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impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
warymarked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
nibbill
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober