GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| sophist | philosopher |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| maroon | a dark red |