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 |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |