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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| Word | Meaning |
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| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
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| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
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| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |