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 |
|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |