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 |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |