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 |
|---|---|
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| document | proof |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |