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 |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |