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 |
|---|---|
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| historic | historical |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |