GRE Word List
SLAUGHTER
the act of killing
The meaning of the word slaughter is the act of killing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| hallowed | holy |
| pilfer | steal |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
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| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |