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 |
|---|---|
| writ | something written : writing |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |