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 |
|---|---|
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| feint | something feigned |