GRE Word List
SLAUGHTER
the act of killing
The meaning of the word slaughter is the act of killing.
Random words
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|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |