GRE Word List

WREAK

bring about

The meaning of the word wreak is bring about.

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WordMeaning
painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
kismetfate
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
conflagrationfire
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity