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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| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |