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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |