GRE Word List
PRY
to look closely or inquisitively
The meaning of the word pry is to look closely or inquisitively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |