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

WordMeaning
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
drivelnonsense
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
groovea long narrow channel or depression
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice