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 |
|---|---|
| clip | encompass |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
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| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| sybarite | voluptuary |