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 |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |