GRE Word List
ADVERSE
acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
The meaning of the word adverse is acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |