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 |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| viand | an item of food |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |