GRE Word List
LEERY
suspicious
The meaning of the word leery is suspicious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |