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 |
|---|---|
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| vixen | a female fox |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| modish | fashionable |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |