GRE Word List
EXTORT
wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant
The meaning of the word extort is wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fracas | brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee |
| nondescript | undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd |
| affable | easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly |
| prone | inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone |
| providence | quality of being provident; divine care; god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate |
| temper | moderate; make less severe; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) as by alternate heating and cooling |
| abase | lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect |
| repulsion | distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse') |
| recondite | abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret |
| circlet | small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) |