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 |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| exhume | disinter |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |