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 |
|---|---|
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |