GRE Word List
MAYHEM
needless or willful damage or violence
The meaning of the word mayhem is needless or willful damage or violence.
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|---|---|
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
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| impediment | something that impedes |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |