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 |
|---|---|
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |