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.

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renegeto go back on a promise or commitment
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dissipateto break up and drive off
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ecclesiasticecclesiastical
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shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush