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
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pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
parched | deprived of natural moisture |
patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
overwhelm | upset |
perforate | to make a hole through |
draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |