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 |
|---|---|
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |