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 |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| warrant | sanction |