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
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
hivea container for housing honeybees
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
galleya ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
inflateddistended with air or gas
dowseto plunge into water