GRE Word List
SLAUGHTER
the act of killing
The meaning of the word slaughter is the act of killing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| slake | subside |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| vulture | any 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 |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| homily | a usually short sermon |