GRE Word List
MALIGNANT
tending to produce death or deterioration
The meaning of the word malignant is tending to produce death or deterioration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| espouse | marry |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |