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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |