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 |
|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |