GRE Word List
WRENCH
to move with a violent twist
The meaning of the word wrench is to move with a violent twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |