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 |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
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| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
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| nutritious | nourishing |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |