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 |
|---|---|
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| lampoon | satire |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |