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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |