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 |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| fulcrum | prop |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| championship | designation as champion |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |