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 |
|---|---|
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| dour | stern |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |