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 |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |