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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| premonitory | giving warning |