GRE Word List
REND
to remove from place by violence : wrest
The meaning of the word rend is to remove from place by violence : wrest.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
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| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| amity | friendship |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
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| effusion | an act of effusing |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |