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 |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| dissension | disagreement |