GRE Word List
MALICIOUS
having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice
The meaning of the word malicious is having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| stench | stink |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |