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 |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |