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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WordMeaning
inanimatenot animate:
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
aridexcessively dry
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
dismissto permit or cause to leave
hypochondriachypochondriacal
quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
blighta disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
libela written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought