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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |