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.

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WordMeaning
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
jostleto come in contact or into collision
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned