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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |