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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |