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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| grudging | unwilling |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |