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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rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
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morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
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