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 |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| savant | a person of learning |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |