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 |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |