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 |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |