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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| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |