GRE Word List
MALFEASANCE
wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
The meaning of the word malfeasance is wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| pitfall | trap |