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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|---|---|
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
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| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
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| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
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