GRE Word List

WRY

twist

The meaning of the word wry is twist.

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mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
procrastinateto put off intentionally and habitually
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
facilitateto make easier : help bring about
concordatcompact
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
limnto draw or paint on a surface
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
obeliskan upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid
verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar