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.
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| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
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| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
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| seemly | good-looking |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |