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 |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
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| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
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