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 |
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |