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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| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
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| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |