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 |
|---|---|
| defalcate | deduct |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |