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 |
|---|---|
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |