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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propsomething that props or sustains : support
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
quotidianoccurring every day
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
spartana native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta