GRE Word List
MALEDICTION
curse
The meaning of the word malediction is curse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| scion | descendant |