GRE Word List
MAYHEM
needless or willful damage or violence
The meaning of the word mayhem is needless or willful damage or violence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| flighty | swift |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |