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 |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| tome | book |