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 |
|---|---|
| vertex | the top of the head |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
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| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
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