GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| polity | political organization |