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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scapegoata 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
knavea tricky deceitful fellow
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
manifestationthe act, process, or an instance of manifesting
metamorphosischange of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle