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 |
|---|---|
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| freebooter | pirate |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |