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 |
|---|---|
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |