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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besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
outfitthe act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition)
itineranttraveling from place to place
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