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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
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| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |