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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |