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 |
|---|---|
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |