GRE Word List
AMPUTATE
to remove by or as if by cutting
The meaning of the word amputate is to remove by or as if by cutting.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
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