GRE Word List
TORTUOUS
marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
The meaning of the word tortuous is marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| fluke | flatfish |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |