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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| hurl | rush |
| wry | twist |
| concatenate | linked together |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |