GRE Word List
SLAUGHTER
the act of killing
The meaning of the word slaughter is the act of killing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| demented | mad |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| melee | a confused struggle |