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 |
|---|---|
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| refrain | curb |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |