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 |
|---|---|
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| laud | praise |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| executioner | one who executes |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |