TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 16-Mar-14
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 16-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists wrest [ rest ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to twist, jerk or force violently 2. (tr.v.) to forcefully usurp or take away 3. (tr.v.) to twist or distort one's meaning 4. (n.) a twist or wrench 5. (n.) (archaic) a small key that is used to wrench pins of a stringed instrument USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The crown and throne were wrested from him by a bloody coup. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : It is not surprising that Google and 23andMe, a genomics firm, want the power of information that comes from new technologies in health care to be wrested from the medical profession. Economist, On MPs' expenses, Iranian dissidents, Chrysler, Nordic countries, genetic information, the Supreme Court, M