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 |
|---|---|
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |