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 |
|---|---|
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| pitfall | trap |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| congruent | congruous |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |