GRE Word List
MALIGN
evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious
The meaning of the word malign is evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |