GRE Word List
SLAUGHTER
the act of killing
The meaning of the word slaughter is the act of killing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |