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 |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| overwhelm | upset |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |