GRE Word List
WRENCH
to move with a violent twist
The meaning of the word wrench is to move with a violent twist.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |