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 |
|---|---|
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |