GRE Word List
MALEDICTION
curse
The meaning of the word malediction is curse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |