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
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quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
maroon | a dark red |
ruse | a wily subterfuge |