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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pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
panaceaa remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
autonomoushaving the right or power of self-government
prongfork
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
dourstern
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
polyglotone who is polyglot