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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| repercussion | reflection |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| billowing | wave |