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 |
|---|---|
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| violate | break |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |