GRE Word List
WREAK
bring about
The meaning of the word wreak is bring about.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |