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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |