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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| wreak | bring about |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |