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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |