GRE Word List
AVENGE
to take vengeance for or on behalf of
The meaning of the word avenge is to take vengeance for or on behalf of.
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|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
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| pummel | pound |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |