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 |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |