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 |
|---|---|
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| congenial | pleasant |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |