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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resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
mulctfine
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
inclementlacking mildness: such as
brinkedge