GRE Word List
MALEDICTION
curse
The meaning of the word malediction is curse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |