GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |