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 |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |