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 |
|---|---|
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| precipitant | precipitate |
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