GRE Word List
WARY
marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger
The meaning of the word wary is marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
affinity | relationship by marriage |
suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
incontinent | not continent: such as |
pitfall | trap |