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 |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| haggard | not tamed |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |