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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deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |