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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| aria | air |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| imbibe | drink |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |