GRE Word List

WELTER

writhe

The meaning of the word welter is writhe.

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imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
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litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax