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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|---|---|
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| condole | grieve |
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| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
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| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |