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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schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
compoundsomething formed by a union of elements or parts
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
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paltryinferior
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