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 |
|---|---|
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| mystic | mystical |