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 |
|---|---|
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| bulk | magnitude |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |