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 |
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| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
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