GRE Word List
WREAK
bring about
The meaning of the word wreak is bring about.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |