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 |
|---|---|
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |