GRE Word List
ADVERSARY
one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent
The meaning of the word adversary is one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| lewd | obscene |