GRE Word List
MALEVOLENT
having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
The meaning of the word malevolent is having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| broach | brooch |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |