GRE Word List
MUTILATE
to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
The meaning of the word mutilate is to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| recast | to cast again |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |