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 |
|---|---|
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| venue | locale |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |