GRE Word List

SLAUGHTER

the act of killing

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

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gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
disjointedbeing thrown out of orderly function
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
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