GRE Word List
ALIENATE
to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
The meaning of the word alienate is to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| clown | farmer |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |