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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |