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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |