GRE Word List
WRING
to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
The meaning of the word wring is to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |