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 |
|---|---|
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |