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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |