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 |
|---|---|
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
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| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
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| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |