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 |
|---|---|
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| potentate | ruler |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |