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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |