GRE Word List

WELTER

writhe

The meaning of the word welter is writhe.

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WordMeaning
regimenta military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
laxloose
seasonalof, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
indefatigableincapable of being fatigued : untiring
mediateoccupying a middle position
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
swipea strong sweeping blow