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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| cataclysm | flood |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |