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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recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
junket | trip |
partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
avow | to declare assuredly |
gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
hazard | a source of danger |
pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |