GRE Word List
WREAK
bring about
The meaning of the word wreak is bring about.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| defer | put off |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |