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 |
|---|---|
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |