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 |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |