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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| occident | west |
| mulct | fine |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |