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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rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
shear | to cut off the hair from |
deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
endorse | to write on the back of |