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 |
|---|---|
| catechism | oral instruction |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| executor | one who executes something |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |