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 |
|---|---|
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |