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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |