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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WordMeaning
meditationa discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
environencircle
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
disconsolatecheerless