GRE Word List
MENACE
a show of intention to inflict harm : threat
The meaning of the word menace is a show of intention to inflict harm : threat.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lout | to bow in respect |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| malediction | curse |
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| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |