GRE Word List
WREAK
bring about
The meaning of the word wreak is bring about.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| forte | one's strong point |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| 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 |
| foppish | foolish |