Words Angela twisted describing good university (8)
I believe the answer is:
language
'words' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'angela twisted describing good university' is the wordplay.
'twisted' is an anagram indicator.
'describing' is an insertion indicator (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'angela' anagrammed gives 'lanage'.
'g'+'u'='gu'
'lanage' going around 'gu' is 'LANGUAGE'.
(Other definitions for language that I've seen before include "Eg, Italian" , "Glue a nag, wrongly, to speak it" , "Eg, French, German" , "Means of communication" , "English or Irish, say" .)