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 |
|---|---|
| pummel | pound |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| fluke | flatfish |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |