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 |
|---|---|
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| finery | ornament |