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 |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| ebullient | boiling |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |