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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malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |