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 |
|---|---|
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |