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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
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| dull | tedious |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |