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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|---|---|
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| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| dour | stern |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| quarry | game |
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| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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