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 |
|---|---|
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| drab | slattern |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| obscure | dark |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |