GRE Word List
MALADY
a disease or disorder of the animal body
The meaning of the word malady is a disease or disorder of the animal body.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |