GRE Word List
CONTORTIONS
to twist in a violent manner
The meaning of the word contortions is to twist in a violent manner.
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adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |