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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| leery | suspicious |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |