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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| foppish | foolish |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| abnegation | denial |
| viable | capable of living |