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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |