GRE Word List
ASUNDER
into parts
The meaning of the word asunder is into parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| victuals | food usable by people |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |