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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |