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 |
|---|---|
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |