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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| cohorts | companion |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| imbue | endow |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| scourge | whip |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |