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 |
|---|---|
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |