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 |
|---|---|
| finished | entirely done |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |