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 |
|---|---|
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| fleck | streak |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |