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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
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