GRE Word List
DECAPITATE
to cut off the head of : behead
The meaning of the word decapitate is to cut off the head of : behead.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| tyranny | oppressive power |