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 |
|---|---|
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| ram | a male sheep |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |