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 |
|---|---|
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |