GRE Word List
MALEDICTION
curse
The meaning of the word malediction is curse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |