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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| succor | relief |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |