GRE Word List
WREST
to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
The meaning of the word wrest is to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements.
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|---|---|
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| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| invalid | not valid: |
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| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
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