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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| append | attach |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |