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 |
|---|---|
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| collate | to compare critically |
| delve | excavate |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |