Cutting is a part and parcel of our life. Everyday, we cut vegetables, fruits etc, obviously we don’t cut others head (decapitate), but a single word ‘cut’ can not represent all acts of cutting appropriately. So presenting you, different types/ styles of cutting today, which are better represented by these specialized GRE words.
- Abscission (n): removal by cutting of , as in surgery; separation
- Amputate (v): cut off part of body; prune
- Decapitate (v): be head
- Dissection (n): analysis; cutting part in order to examine
- Dismember (v): cut into small parts
- Excise (n): cut away; cut out
- Hack (v): to cut something or somebody with rough heavy blows
- Hew (v): cut into pieces with an ox or sword
- Incision (n): a surgical cut made in skin or flesh
: the action or process of cutting into something.
Lancet (n): small surgical tools for making incisions
Suture (n): stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing.
Use: surgeons will remove the sutures as soon as the wound heals. - Mince (v): to cut food, esp. meat, into very small pieces in a machine with revolving blades
: walk in affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips - Prune (v): cut away; trim
- Truncate (v): to make something shorter by cutting off the top or end.
Use: a truncated pyramid
: they published my article in truncated form - Whittle (v): pare; cut off bits
