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 |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |