GRE Word List
SUNDER
to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
The meaning of the word sunder is to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| fauna | animal life |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |