GRE Word List
LEERY
suspicious
The meaning of the word leery is suspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |