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 |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| amity | friendship |
| fluke | flatfish |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| swill | wash |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |