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
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
claustrophobiaabnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
finesserefinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture
dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
wreakbring about
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
shearto cut off the hair from
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom