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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trenchant | keen |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| defer | put off |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |