GRE Word List

MALEDICTION

curse

The meaning of the word malediction is curse.

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WordMeaning
potentialexisting in possibility : capable of development into actuality
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
ferventvery hot : glowing
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
imbalancelack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
parcheddeprived of natural moisture
ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden