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 |
|---|---|
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| hubbub | noise |
| unkempt | not combed |