GRE Word List
ANIMUS
a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
The meaning of the word animus is a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| exude | to ooze out |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |