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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |