GRE Word List
SINUOUS
of a serpentine or wavy form : winding
The meaning of the word sinuous is of a serpentine or wavy form : winding.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
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| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |