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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WordMeaning
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
hindrancethe state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
effigyan image or representation especially of a person
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
rapporta friendly, harmonious relationship
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that