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 |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| venue | locale |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |