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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |