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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
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