GRE Word List
MAR
to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
The meaning of the word mar is to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| tome | book |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |