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 |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| recast | to cast again |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |