GRE Word List

SLAUGHTER

the act of killing

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

Random words

WordMeaning
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation
slakesubside
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
polarizeto cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
galaxymilky way galaxy
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
homilya usually short sermon