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 |
|---|---|
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
