GRE Word List
BANE
a source of harm or ruin : curse
The meaning of the word bane is a source of harm or ruin : curse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| mendicant | beggar |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |