GRE Word List
LEERY
suspicious
The meaning of the word leery is suspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |