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 |
|---|---|
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| wanton | merciless |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| overwhelm | upset |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |