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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |