GRE Word List
ANIMADVERSION
a critical and usually censorious remark
The meaning of the word animadversion is a critical and usually censorious remark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| opus | work |
| niggle | trifle |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| purse | a small bag for money |