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
treadto step or walk on or over
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
estimablecapable of being estimated
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
capriciousgoverned or characterized by caprice : impulsive
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files