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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |