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 |
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exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
benison | blessing |
infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |