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 |
|---|---|
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |