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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baubletrinket
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
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sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
piquantengagingly provocative
expertisethe skill of an expert
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry