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 |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |