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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |