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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
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| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |