GRE Word List
LEERY
suspicious
The meaning of the word leery is suspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| reckon | count |