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 |
|---|---|
| pitfall | trap |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| mendicant | beggar |
| concentric | having a common center |