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 |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| plait | pleat |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| harass | exhaust |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |