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 |
|---|---|
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| 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 |
| skimp | skimpy |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| betray | to lead astray |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |