GRE Word List
MINATORY
having a menacing quality
The meaning of the word minatory is having a menacing quality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |