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Word: mayhem

Definition: injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim


More Vocab Words

::: levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner
::: drone - idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee
::: solicitor - lawyer in the lower court of law
::: pending - not yet decided or settled; impending; Ex. pending decision; PREP. while awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision pending his return
::: dingy - (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain
::: remunerative - (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble
::: nomenclature - terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things
::: guffaw - boisterous laughter; V.
::: unfeigned - genuine; real
::: checkered - (chequered) marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares