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
congenialpleasant
gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking
ruthlesshaving no pity : merciless
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
glazeto furnish or fit with glass
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands