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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WordMeaning
hallowedholy
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irreverencelack of reverence
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suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
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centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
precipitousprecipitate