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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| veracious | truthful |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |