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 |
|---|---|
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| congenial | pleasant |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |