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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| Word | Meaning |
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| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
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| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |