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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |