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 |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| tawny | of the color tawny |