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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |