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 |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| tawny | of the color tawny |