GRE Word List
THREAT
an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
The meaning of the word threat is an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
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| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |