GRE Word List
MAYHEM
needless or willful damage or violence
The meaning of the word mayhem is needless or willful damage or violence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
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| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| viable | capable of living |
| dire | exciting horror |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |