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 |
|---|---|
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |