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 |
|---|---|
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| nib | bill |