GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |