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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| document | proof |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |