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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| headlong | headfirst |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |