GRE Word List

MALEDICTION

curse

The meaning of the word malediction is curse.

Random words

WordMeaning
antithesisthe direct opposite
repudiateto refuse to accept
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
willowyabounding with willows
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
enjointo direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
symmetrybalanced proportions
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
sprightlymarked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited