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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WordMeaning
discourseverbal interchange of ideas
monumentalserving as or resembling a monument : massive
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
gaita manner of walking or moving on foot
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
beatificof, possessing, or imparting beatitude
corpusclea minute particle
procurementthe act or process of procuring
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach