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
propitiateto gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease
salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial
restraintan act of restraining : the state of being restrained
braga pompous or boastful statement
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part