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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| facade | the front of a building |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |