GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |