GRE Word List
MAIM
mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life
The meaning of the word maim is mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enunciate | announce; proclaim; utter or speak, especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him. |
| supplicate | petition humbly; pray to grant a favor |
| seamy | sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life |
| dishonor | disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable |
| pariah | social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah |
| wane | decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N. |
| cohere | stick together |
| plebiscite | direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue) |
| correlate | either of the correlated things; V. |
| pretend | feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense |