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 |
|---|---|
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| flighty | swift |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |