GRE Word List
CONTORTIONS
to twist in a violent manner
The meaning of the word contortions is to twist in a violent manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| diva | prima donna |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |