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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WordMeaning
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily