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

WordMeaning
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
portlydignified
filthfoul or putrid matter
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
hallucinationa 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)
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn