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 |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |