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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |