Thursday, April 24, 2008

Leery

Definition of the word leery: wary; suspicious .
Etymology:1718, originally slang, probably from dialectal lere "learning, knowledge" (see lore), or from leer (v.) in some now-obscure sense.
Sentence:I'm leery of his financial advice to continue buying as the shares of this compony has been plunging down since last month
Gabriel Chua (7)1-8

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