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 |
|---|---|
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |