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 |
|---|---|
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |