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 |
|---|---|
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |