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.

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frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
dissipateto break up and drive off
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
discloseto make known or public
adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
blowhardan arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart
maritalof or relating to marriage or the married state
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion