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 |
|---|---|
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| rightful | just |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| clip | encompass |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |