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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |