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 |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |