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 |
|---|---|
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| paltry | inferior |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |