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 |
|---|---|
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |