GRE Word List
MISCONDUCT
mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
The meaning of the word misconduct is mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| profligate | wildly extravagant |
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| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |