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 |
|---|---|
| haven | harbor |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |