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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |