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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| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
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