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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |