GRE Word List
PRY
to look closely or inquisitively
The meaning of the word pry is to look closely or inquisitively.
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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 |