GRE Word List

RESCIND

to take away : remove

The meaning of the word rescind is to take away : remove.

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compressto press or squeeze together
dilateto become enlarged or widened
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vigilthe act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
boorpeasant
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free