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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| dull | tedious |
| fete | festival |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |