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 |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |