GRE Word List
WELTER
writhe
The meaning of the word welter is writhe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |