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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|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
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| biennial | occurring every two years |