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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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |