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 |
|---|---|
| nurture | training |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |