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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
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| antiquity | ancient times |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
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