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 |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| slake | subside |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |