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 |
|---|---|
| douse | to plunge into water |
| progeny | descendants |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| wry | twist |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |