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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expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |