GRE Word List
WRITHE
twist in coils; contort in pain
The meaning of the word writhe is twist in coils; contort in pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mulct | defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy |
| replete | fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |
| lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
| entourage | group of attendants; retinue; CF. surround |
| clarion | shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times |
| interjection | exclamation; Ex. ``Ouch'' |
| idyll | short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers |
| symbiosis | interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life |
| ironic | expressing irony; occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner |
| coeval | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |