GRE Word List

MALEDICTION

curse

The meaning of the word malediction is curse.

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WordMeaning
aristocracygovernment by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
diversediffering from one another : unlike
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gazettenewspaper
slapdashhaphazard
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
defoliateto deprive of leaves especially prematurely
solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting