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 |
|---|---|
| ancillary | subordinate |
| quisling | traitor |
| clown | farmer |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |