GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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leave-taking | departure |
renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
auroral | dawn |
violate | break |
smudge | to make a smudge on |
retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
mirage | an optical (see optical |
impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |