GRE Word List
LEEWAY
an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
The meaning of the word leeway is an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
