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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |