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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brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
dour | stern |