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 |
|---|---|
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |