GRE Word List
LEERY
suspicious
The meaning of the word leery is suspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |