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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|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| engender | beget |
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| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
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