GRE Word List
MALIGNANT
tending to produce death or deterioration
The meaning of the word malignant is tending to produce death or deterioration.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| impinge | encroach |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |