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

WordMeaning
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
padrea Christian clergyman
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
uninhibitedfree from inhibition