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 |
|---|---|
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |