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

WordMeaning
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
inanimatenot animate:
gruntto utter a grunt
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
impoliticnot politic : unwise
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
juntaa council or committee for political or governmental purposes
groovea long narrow channel or depression
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering