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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atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
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quislingtraitor
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raimentclothing
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