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 |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| sidetrack | siding |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| passe | past one's prime |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| puerile | juvenile |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |