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 |
|---|---|
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| gust | the sensation of taste |