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 |
|---|---|
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
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| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| shack | hut |
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| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |