GRE Word List
WRY
twist
The meaning of the word wry is twist.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| violate | break |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |