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 |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| arid | excessively dry |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |