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 |
|---|---|
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |