GRE Word List
WELTER
writhe
The meaning of the word welter is writhe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |