GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |