GRE Word List
MAIM
to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
The meaning of the word maim is to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| nurture | training |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |