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 |
|---|---|
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| haggard | not tamed |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |