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

WordMeaning
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
striatedmarked with striations or striae
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
stipulateto make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract
smotherto kill by depriving of air
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable