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 |
|---|---|
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |