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 |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| disport | sport |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| guileless | innocent |