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 |
|---|---|
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |