GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |