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 |
|---|---|
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |