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 |
|---|---|
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |