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 |
|---|---|
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |