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 |
|---|---|
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |