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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| 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") |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |