GRE Word List
LEERY
suspicious
The meaning of the word leery is suspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |