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 |
|---|---|
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| nurture | training |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |