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 |
|---|---|
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| boor | peasant |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |