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 |
|---|---|
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |