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
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auroral | dawn |
obscure | dark |
entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |