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 |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| demure | reserved |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |