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 |
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redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |