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 |
|---|---|
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
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| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
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| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |