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 |
|---|---|
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |