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.

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anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
recastto cast again
culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
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vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
fomentto promote the growth or development of : rouse
exegesisexposition
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling