GRE Word List

ANIMADVERSION

a critical and usually censorious remark

The meaning of the word animadversion is a critical and usually censorious remark.

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WordMeaning
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
ripto tear or split apart or open
aspirantone who aspires
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
deviouswandering
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal