GRE Word List
ANATHEMA
someone or something intensely disliked or loathed
The meaning of the word anathema is someone or something intensely disliked or loathed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |