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 |
|---|---|
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| nomenclature | name |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| chafe | irritate |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |