GRE Word List
MANGLE
to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
The meaning of the word mangle is to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
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| imply | to express indirectly |