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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| executor | one who executes something |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |