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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| politic | political |