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
chafeirritate
remissnegligent in the performance of work or duty : careless
overbearingtending to overwhelm : overpowering
outgoinggoing away : departing
muralof, relating to, or resembling a wall
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
pigmenta substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil