GRE Word List

SLAUGHTER

the act of killing

The meaning of the word slaughter is the act of killing.

Random words

WordMeaning
dauntlessincapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
stringenttight
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable
harpinga plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard
despoilto strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans