GRE Word List
MALINGERER
to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
The meaning of the word malingerer is to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |