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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WordMeaning
meteto give out by measure : dole out
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant