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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preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
retractto draw back or in
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deleteriousharmful often in a subtle or unexpected way
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ineffableincapable of being expressed in words : indescribable
politicpolitical
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind