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 |
|---|---|
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| haggard | not tamed |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |