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 |
|---|---|
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| lax | loose |
| paradigm | example |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |