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 |
|---|---|
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |