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 |
|---|---|
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| conflagration | fire |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| scintilla | spark |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |