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.

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WordMeaning
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
snivelto run at the nose
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
marsupialany of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young
anthropologistthe science of human beings
brochurepamphlet
hotheada hotheaded person
misadventuremisfortune
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear