GRE Word List

MAYHEM

needless or willful damage or violence

The meaning of the word mayhem is needless or willful damage or violence.

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WordMeaning
fiascoa complete failure
stinta period of time spent at a particular activity
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
stalwartmarked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
retiringreserved
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation