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 |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| fiend | devil |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |