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 |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| 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) |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| poise | balance |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |