GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |