GRE Word List

MAUL

a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges

The meaning of the word maul is a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges.

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WordMeaning
gauntexcessively thin and angular
dumbfoundto confound (see confound
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
rivuleta small stream
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
loftyelevated in character and spirit : noble
jurisprudencethe science or philosophy of law
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
unwittingnot knowing : unaware