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 |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |