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

WordMeaning
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
perforateto make a hole through
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
gradationa series forming successive stages
motea small particle : speck
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
tawnyof the color tawny
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers