GRE Word List
WRITHE
to twist into coils or folds
The meaning of the word writhe is to twist into coils or folds.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| grudging | unwilling |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |