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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |