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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |