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

WordMeaning
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
immolateto kill or destroy especially by fire
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
congruentcongruous