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 |
|---|---|
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| wastrel | vagabond |