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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |