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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |