GRE Word List
MALEFACTOR
one who commits an offense against the law
The meaning of the word malefactor is one who commits an offense against the law.
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|---|---|
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
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| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| throes | pang |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| fester | to generate pus |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |