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 |
|---|---|
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |