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.

Random words

WordMeaning
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
blasphemythe act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God
delusivelikely to delude
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
renderto melt down
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
flagany of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as
reaperone that reaps
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo