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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| congenial | pleasant |
| ravenous | rapacious |
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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