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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |