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 |
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| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
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| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
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