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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WordMeaning
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
commiserateto feel or express sympathy : condole
parodya literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
alluvialrelating to, composed of, or found in alluvium
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation