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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| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| pilfer | steal |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |