GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| inequity | injustice |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |