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 |
|---|---|
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| colloquy | conversation |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |