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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| seemly | good-looking |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |