GRE Word List

MAIM

to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously

The meaning of the word maim is to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously.

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spatefreshet
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
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subversivethe act of subverting : the state of being subverted
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shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
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