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 |
|---|---|
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |