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 |
|---|---|
| dingy | dirty |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |