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 |
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foppish | foolish |
factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
reprisal | a retaliatory act |
decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |