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 |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |