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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |