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.
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Word | Meaning |
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irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
sere | being dried and withered |
primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
retract | to draw back or in |
vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |