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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |