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 |
|---|---|
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |