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 |
|---|---|
| trance | stupor |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| condole | grieve |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |