GRE Word List
MUTE
unable to speak : lacking the power of speech
The meaning of the word mute is unable to speak : lacking the power of speech.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
portly | dignified |
filth | foul or putrid matter |
apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |