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 |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |