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 |
|---|---|
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |