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 |
|---|---|
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |