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 |
|---|---|
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |