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 |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |