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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |