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 |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |