GRE Word List
RESCIND
to take away : remove
The meaning of the word rescind is to take away : remove.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |