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 |
|---|---|
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| exegesis | exposition |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |